[PLUG] Firefox 24.x: Automatically Clear Download History

[Ronald Bynoe]

Perhaps I'm not understanding the motive behind the request, but from my
perspective it doesn't make sense. Here are the use cases I'm imagining:

1) You have a normal web browsing work flow but download a lot of files
during the day and don't want to have to click on the "Clear Downloads"
button to tidy up after the day. I guess I can understand that, but they
don't take up room, and if it's too cluttered then just click on the button
at the next file you download.
2) You are downloading files you don't want a record of having downloaded.
Why not just open a private browsing window in that case then, since that
will cause Firefox to have amnesia on the entire session?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see how your work flow would
have to change much while using an up-to-date unpatched Chrome or Firefox
session.
On May 2, 2014 8:46 AM, "Rich Shepard" <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 May 2014, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
> > Isn't that the fat little downward green arrow near the upper right?
>
> Dick,
>
>    There is no fat green arrow (or man) anywhere in the firefox frame.
>
> > If you click on that it opens a window showing the last three downloads
> > and an offer to show all downloads. Click on show all and it opens a new
> > window with the whole list, which offers the option to clear that list.
>
>    When I'm downloading files, there's a Download button visible. Yes, I
> can
> click on that and see the current download's progress as well as all
> previous downloads. A right-click on that display offers the option (at the
> bottom) of clearing the list. This is not the same as automatically
> clearing
> the list when the download is complete.
>
> Rich
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